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But you might as well bid a man struggling in the water, rest within arm's length of the shore! I must reach it first, and then I'll rest.

Emily Bronte
Struggle, Men, Water
Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.604, Penguin
But you might as well bid a man struggling in the water, rest within arm's length of the shore! I must reach it first, and then I'll rest.